88: Chapter 88 The Snow Egg's Mutation: What is it?
On the other side, in the area where Bai Xingli's villa used to be.
That once-luxurious villa had long been covered in ice and snow, turning into a ruin.
And deep within the ruins...
That snow egg, forgotten by everyone...
...was undergoing a terrifying mutation.
"Thump... thump... thump..."
A low, rhythmic thumping sound echoed through the ruins.
Eerie, blood-colored patterns began to appear on the surface of the snow egg.
Those patterns, like blood vessels, writhed across the eggshell.
The frequency of the thumping increased from once per minute initially...
...to once every ten seconds...
...and then to once per second!
"Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump!"
The rapid thumping sounded like war drums.
It could be heard clearly within a radius of one hundred meters.
If anyone were here...
...they would surely be terrified by this eerie sound.
The snow egg began to expand.
From its initial size of a basketball...
...it swelled crazily!
One meter... two meters... three meters!
In the end, the snow egg expanded to three meters in height!
It had turned into a giant meat cocoon!
The surface of the meat cocoon was covered in dense, icy crystalline scales.
The scales reflected an eerie luster under the moonlight.
The blood-colored patterns became increasingly dense.
It was as if countless blood vessels were writhing crazily beneath the scales.
And the thumping of the meat cocoon grew more and more intense.
"Thump! Thump! Thump!"
With every thump, the meat cocoon would expand a little.
It seemed as if something inside was about to break out of the shell.
The surrounding air began to warp.
Eerie changes began to appear on the walls of the ruins.
A layer of white substance, like a fungal mat, spread outward from the meat cocoon as the center.
Everywhere the fungal mat covered, all plants withered.
The walls of the buildings were also corroded until they were pockmarked.
It was as if their vitality had been devoured by some force.
...
Day one.
A slit suddenly opened at the bottom of the meat cocoon.
"Hiss—!"
Viscous white liquid gushed out from the slit!
The liquid landed on the ground and quickly solidified.
Then...
...it began to writhe.
"Click... click, click..."
An eerie sound rang out.
The solidified liquid began to crack open.
A snow-white creature crawled out from the liquid.
It was a monster shaped like an ant.
It was two meters long and snow-white all over.
Its six thick legs were covered in barbs.
Its giant mandibles shimmered with a metallic luster.
Its compound eyes flashed with a ghostly blue light, eerie and cold.
Snow Beast worker ant!
This was the first creature to hatch from the snow egg!
But it was not the only one.
The slit at the bottom of the meat cocoon cracked open wider and wider.
More white liquid gushed out!
The second... the third... the tenth...
The number grew crazily!
Within just one hour...
Fifty Snow Beast worker ants hatched from the meat cocoon!
After crawling out of the meat cocoon, they immediately began to act.
Without any hesitation.
It was as if they were born knowing their mission.
The worker ants crazily gnawed on everything around them.
The concrete of the ruins...
The withered plants...
The frozen corpses...
Even the soil on the ground...
All materials were bitten to pieces and devoured by their giant mandibles.
"Crunch! Crunch! Crunch!"
The sound of gnawing echoed through the ruins.
The worker ants carried the bitten-up materials back to the meat cocoon.
They piled them up around the meat cocoon.
Then the blood-colored patterns on the surface of the meat cocoon suddenly lit up!
Those materials were absorbed by the meat cocoon!
"Gurgle... gurgle..."
The meat cocoon made an eerie sound.
Its volume expanded again!
From three meters high, it expanded to four meters!
Five meters!
Six meters!
The worker ants gnawed and carried even more crazily.
Like machines that never tire.
The white fungal mat spread crazily with the meat cocoon as the center.
Within a radius of fifty meters, everything was covered by the fungal mat.
This area had turned into an eerie nest.
...
Day three.
The meat cocoon had expanded to ten meters in height!
Like a small hill!
The number of worker ants had reached two hundred!
But that was not all.
The meat cocoon cracked open new slits again.
The liquid that gushed out this time was darker in color.
It was light red.
New creatures crawled out from the liquid.
Snow Beast soldier ant!
They were four meters long, more robust than the worker ants.
The barbs on their six legs were longer and sharper.
Their mandibles were like sawteeth, flashing with a cold light.
The most terrifying thing was...
...in their compound eyes, bloodthirsty red light flashed!
These were combat-type Snow Beasts!
Twenty Snow Beast soldier ants hatched.
They did not go to carry supplies.
Instead, they patrolled and stood guard around the nest.
Like soldiers guarding a castle.
The white fungal mat had already covered a radius of two hundred meters!
The entire ruin area had been dyed an eerie white.
The thumping sound of the meat cocoon was even more intense.
"Thump! Thump! Thump!"
Like war drums beating, shaking the heart.
...
Day five.
The meat cocoon had expanded to twenty meters in height!
Like a real mountain of meat!
The icy crystalline scales on the surface were dense and shimmering with cold light.
The blood-colored patterns were like a spider web, covering the entire meat cocoon.
The number of worker ants exceeded five hundred!
The number of soldier ants reached one hundred!
But this was not the end.
A huge slit opened at the top of the meat cocoon.
Black-red liquid poured down like a waterfall!
New creatures walked out from the liquid.
Snow Beast guard!
Ten meters long!
Its whole body was covered in thick, icy crystalline armor!
Its six legs, thick as tree trunks, made the ground tremble with every step!
Cold air swirled around its giant mandibles!
Its compound eyes flashed with deep blue light, full of the aura of slaughter!
These were elite-type Snow Beasts!
Five Snow Beast guards hatched.
They stood at five positions around the nest, like guardian deities.
Any creature that dared to approach...
...would be torn to pieces by them!
The white fungal mat had covered a radius of five hundred meters!
Most of the villa complex had been devoured by the fungal mat.
The original buildings, roads, gardens...
...were all covered in white, becoming eerie and terrifying.
And at the edge of this area...
...a few survivors hid in the ruins, trembling.
They heard that eerie sound.
They saw those terrifying Snow Beasts.
But they dared not approach.
Nor did they dare to flee.
They could only pray...
...pray that those monsters would not discover them.
...
Day seven.
The meat cocoon had expanded to thirty meters in height!
Like a real mountain of meat!
Seen from afar, it looked like an eerie white temple!
The number of worker ants exceeded seven hundred!
The number of soldier ants exceeded two hundred!
The number of guards reached ten!
The total number of Snow Beasts exceeded one thousand!
The entire villa complex had been completely covered by the white fungal mat.
It had turned into a giant nest.
Any creature that stepped into this area...
...would be instantly torn to pieces by swarms of Snow Beasts.
Those survivors who had once hidden on the edge...
...had also all been preyed upon.
Not even their corpses remained.
And inside the meat cocoon...
...a huge figure was slowly taking shape.
Through the translucent wall of the meat cocoon...
...one could vaguely see a terrifying outline.
It was a giant beast that would reach fifty meters in length!
Its body was like a giant spider, but more bloated.
Eight legs, thick as tree trunks.
On its back was a huge meat sac.
Inside the meat sac, it was densely packed with eggs!
This was the Snow Beast Queen!
She was still hatching.
But her consciousness had already awakened.
She could perceive everything outside.
She could command all the Snow Beasts.
Worker ants were responsible for gathering.
Soldier ants were responsible for fighting.
Guards were responsible for defense.
The division of labor was clear, and the coordination was tacit.
This was actually a complete insect swarm system!
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